III 237. Chersonesos.Family epitaph, III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Architrave (?) 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.9.5, W.68.0, Th.36.0.

Additional description

The left side is slightly damaged. The back shows signs of reuse. Three two-line inscriptions are cut on the front. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, nectropolis by the Quarantine Bay ("at the northeastern foot of Devichy (Maiden) Hill"). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1910, excavations of R.Ch. Loeper (НА НЗХТ, д. 103, л. 15, № 784; Лепер 1927, 225). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 4494. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Mu with slanting outer hastae, nu with short right vertical, omicron smaller than other letters, four-bar sigma with splayed bars; letterstrokes are slightly curved with flaring and serifs at the ends. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.7

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

IOSPE I2 708. 

Edition

1
[Δ]α̣μάτρι[ο]ς
[Στ]ε̣φάνου
2
Θεαγενὶς Διονυσίου,
Δαματρίου γυνά
3
Στέφανος
Δαματρίου

Diplomatic

1
[.].ΜΑΤΡΙ[.]Σ
[..].ΦΑΝΟΥ
2
ΘΕΑΓΕΝΙΣΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥ
ΔΑΜΑΤΡΙΟΥΓΥΝΑ
3
ΣΤΕΦΑΝΟΣ
ΔΑΜΑΤΡΙΟΥ

EpiDoc (XML)

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      <lb n="2"/>Δαματρίου γυνά
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Commentaries

НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) с. 186, approx. 135. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

1

Damatrios, (son of) Stephanos.

2

Theagenis, (daugther of) Dionysios, wife of Damatrios.

3

Stephanos, (son of) Damatrios.

 

Images

 

(cc)© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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